Jordan Miller

Ahh nice suggestion. This is a Hump Day series though! Consider it like Star Wars Episode I, II, III thing, but for community building 😆 Create a new Activity Stream and follow me! You'll see other content I post in addition to Hump Day, but why wouldn't you want to? 😛

Happy Hump Day, team! In case you missed it, we have a bumpin' topic asking for feedback/ideas regarding Achievements - we'd like to implement a few "quick wins" based off of your suggestions, so if you haven't already please check out that topic and submit a reply. It'd be greatly appreciated! We also have a topic on the way regarding Spam Improvements - ideas you think would benefit the platform. Hold off on sharing those in this topic please - for now just think about it - that topic will drop on Friday so get ready Because it's a new month, I wanted to focus this post on goal-setting. I know, I know, it's corny, but setting goals is imperative for community growth. It's hard to know what direction your community is headed in without them. You wouldn't hop in your car without a destination in mind first would you? (Unless you want to drive aimlessly, which is a goal anyway.) What is one goal you'd like to have your community achieve by the end of the year? Drop it in the comments! It'll hold yourself accountable and will be fun to look back on in a few months. It doesn't need to be crazy - keep it simple! Looking forward to seeing them (don't be shy!). As always, here are this week's roundup of changes/fixes/updates: - Fixed an issue where anonymous users may be cached in Who's Online blocks. - Fixed an issue where a reserved keyword is used (specific to MySQL 8.0.17/18) - Fixed an issue where a large file description may not save if it is larger than 64kb. - Made a minor change to ensure the registration page is not cached by a web browser. - Fixed an issue where legacy deleted posts are not removed correctly when upgrading from Invision Community 3.x. - Fixed an issue where the notifications page could throw an exception while trying to return notification data from plugins or not existing notification extensions. - Fixed an issue where the Billing Agreements synchronisation task wouldn't check payments via PayPal Subscriptions API. - Fixed incorrect timezone detection for users in Argentina. - Removed few occurrences from the in 4.6 removed notification sounds setting. - Fixed an issue where weekly recurring events with no end date could display one day off - Removed few occurrences from the in 4.6 removed notification sounds setting. - Fixed an issue where weekly recurring events with no end date could display one day off (Calendar) - Fixed an issue with the SQL toolbox pagination when a table prefix was being used. - Fixed an issue where long group username styles in Xenforo could cause a database error. - When building applications on Windows, Javascript/Themes imports will use \n line endings. - Fixed an issue where weekly recurring events with no end date could display one day off. - Fixed birthdays not showing on the initial Calendar view when only one calendar is present. - Fixed an issue where the CVC/Address/ZIP checks were unavailable on Stripe payment intents in the AdminCP. - Fixed an issue where following a member can send a notification if you choose to follow anonymously. - Fixed an error when a restricted admin attempted to add moderators. - Fixed an issue where some admin control panel profile blocks could show if the features were disabled. - Fixed an issue where a large file description may not save if it is larger than 64kb. Sending you all good vibes! I'll go first btw: I would love for my community to reach 80,000 members. It's at ~76K currently.

Me after signing off of our Slack channel every day

But you can see them 😇 😅

dots = progress!

4.6.5.1 to be precise 😅 Hello, team! Another fine Hump Day is upon us. In the time since we last chatted, a lot has gone down. Some pretty great discussions are going on in the Community Manager's Lounge (accessible to members with an active license only 😏). Keep up the good work! It's been super fun to chat with everyone, talk community innovation and see everyones' offices. 😆 ICYMI - Zapier will be made available for all! Don't miss the big news. 🎉 Now, for the tea. We just released 4.6.5.1! Have you had a chance to upgrade yet?! Here are all the updates we've included: - Fixed downloading files with non-latin character downloaded with corrupt characters in Edge and Chrome. - Fixed an issue when creating a record in the Admin CP and choosing another member as the author would not fire achievements for that author. - Fixed an error attempting to copy a topic to a database that is not on a page. - Fixed the members/follows POST endpoint which would return an error when trying to follow some content. - Fixed an issue where badge images could be uploaded with the same name, thus deleting one could delete many. - Added ability to specify `...&_bypassItemIdCheck=1` inside the request URL parameters to a Content Item controller to override the default behavior of checking if the item exists. - Expired warning points are now differentiated between active warning points in member profiles for improved clarity. - Fixed an issue where Topics would not refresh when selecting Forums in Fluid view. - Fixed malformed JSON-LD markup for archived topics. - Fixed an issue where ranks show on the AdminCP member list when Achievements are disabled. - Fixed an issue where anonymous users may be cached in Who's Online blocks - Added delete & merge logic for the logins log on member deletion and when 2 accounts are merged. - Expired warning points are now differentiated between active warning points in member profiles for improved clarity. - Set a default value for the 'Time user must wait before download starts' group setting while creating a member group. - Added Invision Community converters for Downloads & Gallery. - Fixed some minor issues encountered during an Invision Community conversion. - Added request headers to log for HTTP requests when using `DEBUG_LOG`. - Fixed an issue where parent was required but not marked required when updating a forum via REST API. - Fixed an issue where copying a calendar event with a broken cover image would result in an exception. - Expired warning points are now differentiated between active warning points in member profiles for improved clarity. - Fixed some missing language strings which would result in a failure while creating a review. - Fixed an issue with Elastic Search not being able to index anonymous content. - Fixed a missing variable error while IN_DEV when uploading a new version of a downloads file. - Fixed an issue where anonymous users may be cached in Who's Online blocks. - Fixed an issue where a reserved keyword is used (specific to MySQL 8.0.17/18) - Fixed an issue where a large file description may not save if it is larger than 64kb. - Made a minor change to ensure the registration page is not cached by a web browser. - Fixed an issue where legacy deleted posts are not removed correctly when upgrading from Invision Community 3.x. - Fixed an issue where the notifications page could throw an exception while trying to return notification data from plugins or not existing notification extensions. - Fixed an issue where the Billing Agreements synchronisation task wouldn't check payments via PayPal Subscriptions API. - Fixed incorrect timezone detection for users in Argentina. I know that was a lot to sink your teeth into. Have thoughts? Questions? Feedback? Concerns? Drop us a line in the comments; let's chat!

Hey team, it's that time of the week again 🤯 I wanted to take this opportunity to highlight a few new topics created by you all that have been a lot of fun to read and think about while I do the dishes. But before we get to that, check out this list of fixes and updates our development team smashed out in the last week alone: - Added a Delete query as an upgrade step to remove old 'best_answer' notifications. - Fixed an issue where Content Item Controllers returned 200 by default when they should return 404 or 403 (not found or forbidden). - Fixed some language evaluation issues when PHP 8 is used. - All buttons in #elUserNav now use the correct text color. - Fixed an issue where it was possible to upgrade incorrectly when renewals were removed, and the new package had upgrade set to pro-rata. - Fixed a race condition that can happen when Stripe sends a web hook request very quickly after charging a customer (renewals & device payments). - Fixed an issue when upgrading to 4.5.0 with duplicate keys when consolidating the referrer tables. - Fixed an issue when creating a record in the Admin CP and choosing another member as the author would not fire achievements for that author -Improved logging for errors returned by Elastic Search. - Fixed an issue where Topics would not refresh when selecting Forums in Fluid view. - Fixed the rank title not displaying correctly in new rank notification emails. - Set a default value for the search flood time when creating a member group. - Set a default value for the 'Time user must wait before download starts' group setting while creating a member group. (Downloads) - Added support for Brightcove video embeds. - Fixed an issue where the Oauth1 Login Handler would use a not existing method to log any upcoming errors. - Fixed broken links in the our picks widget. - Fixed an issue where achievements would show in a hovercard for a member in a group that has achievements disabled. - Fixed downloading files with non-latin character downloaded with corrupt characters in Edge and Chrome. - Fixed an issue wehre copying a topic to a database would result in an IN_DEV CSRF key warning. Now for the community content 🥲 @Dexter_X conjured up a bunch of innovative ideas to enhance and elevate our newly-launched Achievements feature. Which inspired @wegorz23 to dream up their own spin-off. There's also this pretty fun topic showing off our offices made by @Jimi Wikman. If you haven't already, upload a photo there and share your work environment. @Pavel Chernitsky took the time to share thoughts on Invision Community and how we can better things. There's always potential for topics like that to turn sour, so thank you for being constructive and allowing us the opportunity to hear you. And because I was so impressed with Dexter's Achievements contributions, here's one more topic they created that deserves your undivided attention: Thank you for creating topics! It's the lifeblood of our community, and we love to hear from you so we can continue the forward momentum. Which was YOUR favorite topic? Have an idea for a topic but are too timid to post? Take a chance! There's no time for shy 😉 Looking forward to chatting with you in the replies below!

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@Ehren

Hey team! Apologies for missing last week's Hump Day post; ya boy was off the grid enjoying a little family vacation. After a little R&R, it's time to turn back on the heat. 🔥😎 While I was away, the Invision Community team was hard at work fixing bugs, providing support and gearing up for 4.6.4 - which is officially out now! Our community is currently on 4.6.4 and we also upgraded our client area 👏 Feel free to try it out for yourself (please make a backup beforehand - things should run smoothly but, you know, Internet things). Wrap your head around all the updates 🤯: Core: Added ability to specify ...&_bypassItemIdCheck=1 inside the request URL parameters to a Content Item controller to override the default behavior of checking if the item exists. Fixed some AdminCP upgrade issues when PHP 8 is used. Fixed an issue where Marketplace onboarding may be blocked when upgrading from 4.4 or older. Fixed a javascript error that meant registration failed on sites using Invisible ReCaptcha. Fixed missing profile field content missing on content submissions. Fixed an issue where next/previous arrows would not show up when viewing multiple Images. Fixed an issue where achievement badges are not always given. Added the option to choose between the recipient and reaction giver when setting the milestone. Fixed MFA/2FA issue where there was no close button for the 2fa modal Fixed an issue preventing Marketplace installs of your own Marketplace resources. Fixed an issue where Content Item Controllers returned 200 by default when they should return 404 or 403 (not found or forbidden). Fixed some language evaluation issues when PHP 8 is used. All buttons in #elUserNav now use the correct text color. Fixed an issue where members were able to delete their own status updates without permission. Fixed an issue where the Authy icon may not show on the login screen. Fixed an issue where it was not possible to promote guest content. Fixed an issue where the oAuth login handler setting "Ask the user to provide a display name" can be ignored. Fixed an issue where it was not possible to add meta data to items authored by guests. Fixed an issue where \IPS\Node\Statistics can fail due to a missing column name prefix. Fixed an issue where Admin log in can fail with a '"2S119/1' error. Fixed a potential timeout when mass deleting guest content. Fixed a PHP8 issue where promoting to Twitter fails Fixed an issue in which the limit argument passed to contentImages() methods of various Content Item controllers wasn't respected Fixed few missing language strings on the ACP - member profile page. Fixed an issue where points for 'SessionStartDaily' achievement extension could be awarded even when a milestone had been hit Fixed an issue where achievement rules for adding a comment would not trigger the milestone correctly when specifying nodes. Fixed an issue where rank information would show with guest posts. Fixed an issue with outgoing emails using native php mail function. Added a Delete query as an upgrade step to remove old 'best_answer' notifications. Fixed an issue where the cleanup task may show an error and fail to run. Fixed a potential memory exhaustion error when generating the sitemap. Forums Improved how the forums statistics widget calculates number of posts on large communities. Fixed an issue where rich text results may show an error for image only answers. Pages Fixed an issue where search stops working with a Pages database in specific situations. Commerce Fixed an issue where transactions show a broken profile photo for a deleted member. Fixed a rare issue where a payment via PayPal may not show the subscription option, or use subscriptions where forced. Fixed an issue where it was possible to change a Subscription when there was an active PayPal Subscription. Fixed an issue where an incomplete account may not prompt for missing data after using login handler via checkout. Fixed an issue approving a PayPal Subscription transaction when it was put on hold by fraud rules. Fixed an issue where the gift voucher navtab or page could result in an error under certain circumstances. Fixed a broken link while managing Shipping Rates. Fixed an issue where it was possible to upgrade incorrectly when renewals were removed, and the new package had upgrade set to pro-rata. Fixed a race condition that can happen when Stripe sends a web hook request very quickly after charging a customer (renewals & device payments). Removed "Print Invoice" option when Guests don't have access to the Billing and Purchases module. We've got a lot of exciting stuff in the works! I can't reveal much, but the website refresh is coming along nicely (and is looking sliiiiiick). We're excited for you to see it. If you have any questions, comments or concerns, drop us a line in the comments and we'll get back to ya. Sending you all good vibes!

Yessssss! Did you get a chance to make it to .3 yet?

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Hey team, we just released a new update: 4.6.3 is officially live! Our Community is currently on it 👏 Per @Matt, we made a few key and immediate updates to... Anonymous posting Reaction achievement extension Milestones in achievements If you are experiencing any troubles upgrading, drop us a line. --- We also have a lengthly list of additional updates made since last week's Hump Day post 🤯 - Fixed an issue where the member's "solved count" would not show in QA forums. - Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to add products to the registration form. (Commerce) - Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in. - Fixed an issue where member-type profile fields would be missing their label while editing profiles. - Fixed an issue where it isn't possible to upgrade if you are not using utf8mb4. - Added deleted member ID to administrator logs. - Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in. - Fixed an error sending bulk mails when filtering by member type. - Added logging to Member History when adding or removing a member from a club. - Fixed a PHP8 related issue, where some pages which show tags could return an error. - Added support for anonymous items/comments to REST API for all IPS apps. - Fixed a PHP8 error that can occur during install. - Fixed an issue where known issues may be shown in the support section that do not apply. - Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to save a product with "Show on registration form" enabled. - Fixed a PHP8 error when attempting to use various features that produces or reads XML, such as downloading member information. - Fixed issues that prevented "Add to homescreen" banner from showing on communities installed in a subdirectory. - Fixed an issue where WebP images may not retain their .webp extension after upload. - Fixed an issue where splitting a topic may cause a database error. (Forums) - Fixed an issue where guests were unable to sign-in during the checkout process. - Fixed an issue where Searchable Content with ReadMarkers and no container would break the search. - Fixed an issue where IP Address Tools would show Posts before registration is complete. - Fixed an issue where notifications for followed calendars could show the event on the wrong date - Fixed an issue where points are still awarded for a rule even if a member had previously reached the set milestone. (Achievements) --- By the way... we just want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who watched / participated in our first-ever live event on Zoom. We're looking forward to doing more of them! Missed it? Watch here. --- And to those of you who've ventured into this topic and made it to the bottom of this post, you are rewarded with a 🔥 photo of @Mark H from 1974. Questions? Comments? Hit us up in the comments - we're looking forward to chatting with you!

Hey team, just wanted to swoop in and offer a friendly reminder that our 4.6 Live Event on Zoom is tomorrow (Thursday, June 24th) at 12 pm ET. It's going to be a good time! Check out the different time zones here: https://dateful.com/eventlink/2656540285 You'll be able to submit questions that we'll work on answering live on Zoom. Expect for a little roundtable talk between myself, @Charles and @Matt. We'll touch on all things 4.6 and dive into a few of them in greater detail. We also have a little announcement we'll reveal during the event 😏🤫 Keep this handy: ZOOM LINK Now get ready for your mind to be blown regarding all of the hard work our devs accomplished in the last week 🤯 - Fixed an issue where the system would import achievement rules for not installed applications. - Fixed an issue where Admins were unable to view Club content when rules are required to be accepted. - Fixed an issue with outgoing SendGrid emails. - Fixed an issue where sending a request with the `If-Modified-Since` header set to an invalid timestamp causes an uncaught error - Fixed an issue where a member would see a 404 error when loading a comment that they didn't have access to - Fixed an issue for instances allowing guests to upload images. (Gallery) - Fixed an issue where webhook requests would be fired twice under certain circumstances. - Fixed an issue where refunding/cancelling an invoice with a referral commission would not revoke the commission. - Fixed an issue where the AdminCP invoice view may not show all of the commissions on the invoice. - Fixed an issue with a mis-spelling of "achievement" in the achievement rebuild area in the AdminCP. - Fixed issues encountered when upgrading from a legacy version of IP.Board. - Fixed an error occurring when checking out as a guest after following a referral link. - Fixed broken ACP Permission checks for the badges page. - Fixed an issue with a mis-spelling of "achievement" in the achievement rebuild area in the AdmnCP. - Fixed an issue that caused legacy upgrades to error-out under certain circumstances when using PHP 8. - Fixed an issue where the active users widget may show the wrong information. - Fixed Third Party plugins not being included in the list of third party hooks in the Support Dashboard. - Fixed an issue where some communities may see an old test bulletin when upgrading. - Added logging to Member History when adding or removing a member from a club. - Fixed theme conflicting checking potentially throwing an error before upgrading on PHP 8. - Removed the ability to set poll vote counts directly - Fixed an issue where the member's "solved count" would not show in QA forums. - Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to buy zero value products. - Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in. - Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to delete a club node. - Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in. - Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to delete a club node. - Fixed an issue involving a missing language string in the AdminCP under the rank settings. - Fixed an issue where the ACP search revealed a missing string for a deprecated setting. - Fixed an issue where Admins were unable to view Club content when rules are required to be accepted. - Fixed an issue where the ACP search revealed a missing string for a deprecated setting. - Fixed an issue where Manage Followed Content showed incorrect content count for Forums. - Fixed an issue where the member's "solved count" would not show in QA forums. (Forums) - Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to add products to the registration form. (Commerce) - Fixed a PHP8 issue where an error may occur if you have a Date based profile field where a member doesn't have it filled in. - Fixed an issue where member-type profile fields would be missing their label while editing profiles. - Fixed an issue where it isn't possible to upgrade if you are not using utf8mb4. See y'all sooooooon!

🥲 Appreciate the kind words!

Happy Hump Day, fam. Today's a big day (I know I always say that every Hump Day but... ) *Says in a whisper* We've officially soft launched 4.6 🤫 🎉 It's a soft launch because, well, you know how things can go 🔥. However, we're pretty darn satisfied with this rollout. Possibly The best ever. A more formal announcement will arrive in the near future. Right now, 4.6 is available for those on Cloud or those who've tested out our several Beta releases. In case there's a glitch in the matrix, please make a backup of your community before upgrading. If you need a refresher, @Matt laid out what is new in 4.6 in our latest blog post. Speaking of, I asked our Director of Development to share his thoughts on this release: 🥲 In regards to 4.6, Matt said Invision Community "continues to build on its stable community platform by adding multiple new features." Some of these include "anonymous posting; ideal for mental and physical health communities that can now allow their members to post questions anonymously, no-code integration with 3,000 other apps with Zapier, better mobile support, improved solved topic functionality and the brand new achievements system designed to nudge and reward good behavior and content." "This release elevates your community experience with Invision Community significantly through multiple touch points." We hope you guys enjoy 4.6 as much as we do! Bringing this plane home... Since it's tradition, here are a list of updates since Beta 3 was released last week: - Fixed an issue where the expiration date for a Member Subscription would not update when editing the subscription purchase. - Fixed an issue where PayPal Billing Agreements / Subscriptions may not charge the correct value for sales tax. - Improved performance when generating comment widgets on large sites. - Fixed an issue where adding a theme setting to a parent theme didn't update children themes with the new setting - Fixed an issue where the SQL Toolbox couldn't display query results - Fixed an issue where the register button in the checkout process didn't open in a new tab if redirect registration is enabled. - Fixed an issue where the full upgrader would show an empty error box. - Fixed an issue where moving members after searching on a freeform custom field could return incorrect results. - Fixed an issue where online/recently browsing counts can be incorrect. Thoughts on the official launch of 4.6?! Drop us a line in the comments. We'd love to hear from you!

What version were you running previously? That plugin was updated up to 4.4. Maybe @Nathan Explosion will take a look a look at your comment 🙂 👋

Adding comments to pages databases was broken so we fixed that. 😃

Friday? Booo. Saturday? Blahhhh. Sunday? Who needs it! Welcome back to another fine edition of Hump Day, the best day, and today's is a doozy. We've officially launched 4.6 Beta 3! 🎉 It's available for download or per request if you're on Cloud. We're pretty confident things will be stable, but don't take our word for it; please make backups before updating. The official release will make its red carpet debut in the very near future. What's changed from Beta 2 to Beta 3? @Matt passed along these changes (see below). It's worth mentioning these updates are our new team members, @Christopher Pei and @Marshall Slemp, first bug fixes. 👏 Fixed an issue where Weekly and Monthly Email Stats were not displayed correctly Fixed an issue where CSV downloads were limited to 25 rows. Fixed an issue where editing a Link for an Image would not save. Fixed an issue where images added to a Custom Email were not showing up in the email being sent to the customer after a purchase. Fixed some spacing issues with member lists in various blocks. Fixed an issue where adding a theme setting to a parent theme didn’t update children themes with the new setting. Fixed an issue where the database checker may show un-needed database changes. Fixed an issue where an invalid “oembed” widget plugin type would appear when creating a block. Fixed deleting a widget not using JSON_PRETTY_PRINT for the widgets.json file. Fixed an issue where Achievements rebuilding would not finish Fixed an issue where Achievements badges would show in the hovercard during a rebuild. Fixed an issue where changing an authors name from anonymous would not reset the “is_anon” flag Fixed an issue where some ajax content was indexable by search engines Fixed an issue where badge counts could be wrong I know, that's a lot of awesomeness to absorb. What are your thoughts? Have you been using any of the Beta releases thus far? We'd love to hear from you in the comments! Related:

Thanks for the kind words!